Unusual posthumous byline on McGovern obituary

On Monday, the print edition of The Star ran an obituary of George McGovern, written by David E. Rosenbaum of The New York Times. It carried an unusual note at the end:

(The author of this obituary, David E. Rosenbaum, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, died in 2006. William McDonald of the Times contributed reporting to this article, as did Kristi Eaton and Walter R. Mears of The Associated Press.)